Unscramble ABORIGIN and you have 176 words, ABORIGIN itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 10 shorter words score 9, among them BORING, BARING and BROGAN. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ABORIGIN split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 16 with 6, 32 with 5, 56 with 4, 52 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with ABORIGIN letters: ROBINIA, for 9 points.
32 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ABORIGIN; 8 of them share the top score of 8. BRING, BRAIN and ROBIN are everyday picks.
Among 56 4-letter words from ABORIGIN, the top score is 7, reached by 11. RING, BORN and IRON are the familiar ones.
52 3-letter words made with ABORIGIN letters; 6 of them share the top score of 6. BIG, AIR and AGO are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ABORIGIN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AB · ending in IN · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BAGNIO, BARING, BARONG, BORING, BROGAN, GABION, ORBING and ROBING (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ABORIGIN is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABORIGIN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 139 | 176 | 127 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABORIGIN, OBIING, GARBO, GOBAR, OBANG, ABRIN, BIGA, BORNA, BROG, GOBI, IGNARO, INORB and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ROBINIA, BING, BIOG, BIRO, RABI, AGRO, OBA, ORG, ARO, GI, RAI and OI, 12 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of ABORIGIN spell the words below.